Sunday, 24 July 2011

This is quite old now, so it must be acceptable to admit it was my very most favourite song for a whole month when I was 13. There I said it. Your turn to find the most tacky/extinct song/forgotten one hit wonder.

I would higly recommend, if you're ever in Northern Ireland. I had the Thai massage session which incorporates stretching, yoga positions and acupressure points. There was a lovely treat at the end of the session, yum yum. Thanks Claire!

Thursday, 21 July 2011

Mortsafes were contraptions designed to protect the bodies of the dead from disturbance. There had been body-snatching close to the schools of anatomy in Scotland since the early 18th century. This was due to the necessity for medical students to learn anatomy by attending dissections of human subjects, which was frustrated by the very limited allowance of dead bodies - for example the corpses of executed criminals - granted by the government, which controlled the supply.